The guard replied: "I haven't received any news about King Xiang yet."
Tu Yazhang had very complicated feelings about Zhu Bai's disappearance.
Without Zhu Bai, they would be the monkeys without tigers in the mountains.
Everything the Guanya Bureau earns is spent by themselves, so it's as enjoyable as they want.
But they themselves also understand that this will not last long.
Lao Zhu will definitely not condone them.
And they know better than anyone else that only Zhubai can be an umbrella to protect them from the wind and rain, and a tree to lean on.
It's like setting up a private dental clinic.
Once the government officials find out the way, they will kick them away.
Who will take care of the teeth?
So they hoped that Zhu Bai could come back safely as soon as possible and everything would be on track as soon as possible.
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Zhu Biao heard someone report that Li Jinglong and the others were back, and was surprised and happy: so fast. This combination is indeed efficient enough.
Zeng Bingzheng went directly to the imperial study to ask for an audience with Lao Zhu. Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu were waiting outside.
Zeng Bingzheng presented the secret letter with both hands.
Lao Zhu looked at it and handed it to Zhu Biao expressionlessly.
Zhu Biao took a look and saw that it read: "Xu Huizu used the house he bought in Hangzhou to set up a private dental shop."
He couldn't laugh or cry.
Only a pedantic person like Zeng Bingzheng would believe such nonsense without evidence.
Besides, all dental shops in the country, except Peiping, have had their profits turned over by half.
Even if Xu Huizu is blamed for Hangzhou, what about the others?
Xu Huizu may not be able to buy a house and have a dental clinic in every city?
Moreover, Xu Huizu had handed over all the houses purchased from other places last time that did not pay taxes and apply for property deeds as required.
Zhu Biao also had no expression on his face. He put down the secret letter and asked, "Does Mr. Zeng have any other evidence besides this letter?"
Zeng Bingzheng: "No."
Zhu Biao added: "Well, I know about it, and I will go and find out on my own. Sir, please go and rest when you are tired."
Zeng Bingzheng felt that Zhu Biao was protecting Xu Huizu.
It's just that Lao Zhu was nearby, so he couldn't say it directly. He could only say: "No matter whether Mr. Xu was wronged or not, Wei Chen suggested that Mr. Xu should not be involved in this matter."
Zhu Biao said calmly: "I will consider it myself."
Zeng Bingzheng had no choice but to go down.
Then Zhu Biao called Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu in and asked them.
Li Jinglong's words were a bit contradictory, because he now realized his stupidity and wanted to find a way to cover it up.
Xu Huizu was much more organized.
After listening to this, Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao sighed secretly: These three people have fallen perfectly into someone else's trap.
Relatively speaking, Xu Huizu is smarter and more rational.
Therefore, those people must find a way to get Xu Huizu out of the game and no longer participate in the investigation.
The three of them, Zeng Bingzheng, were more than ten times older than Zhu Bai, but they couldn't defeat a person chosen by Zhu Bai.
Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao had a new understanding of Zhu Bai's abilities.
At this time, Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu were waiting outside.
Lao Zhu asked Zhu Biao: "What are you going to do?"
Zhu Biao: "Although there is no evidence, it has been confirmed that the prefect colluded with the Dental Bureau to set up a private dental shop. So it will be the same if we go to other places to investigate. There is no need to waste manpower and material resources."
Lao Zhu nodded: "That's right."
Zhu Biao: "It depends on how to deal with it now."
Lao Zhu asked: "Who is the current magistrate of Hangzhou?"
Zhu Biao: "Yao Bin's brother-in-law, Xuan Ning, was Cao Tai's wife. He was originally the prefect of Huai'an and was transferred to the prefect of Hangzhou in the tenth year of Hongwu."
Lao Zhu: "Who transferred him to Hangzhou?"
Zhu Biao: "Deng Town."
Deng Zhen used to belong to Li Shanchang, but now he belongs to Li Cunyi and Hu Weiyong.
It means that Zhu Bai's people are now joining forces with Hu Weiyong and the others.
Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao also realized something at the same time: if Zhu Bai never comes back. Zhu Bai's people will all become Hu Weiyong's people.
If this involves the officialdom, we can only kill all the prefects.
The court has changed too much.
Before killing Hu Weiyong, doing this is tantamount to seeking death.
Even if they were killed, so what, they couldn't think of a better way to replace the perfect system established by Zhu Bai.
Lao Zhu pondered for a long time; "Don't move yet, get the traitor back first."
Zhu Biao nodded: "Yes, my father is wise."
Lao Zhu: "Although Li Jinglong is stupid, he is still loyal to us. Let the Guanya Bureau take care of him first."
Since there is no solution now, we can only break the jar and find someone to take the lead.
Anyway, as long as there is no big war. Nowadays, the profits handed over by the Guanya Bureau plus the treasury inventory are enough to cover the needs of two or three years.
If you take ten thousand steps back, won't you still have the money in Guanyinzhuang's bank?
Those are guarded by our own army captain, and no one can take them away.
Zhu Biao replied: "Okay. It would be good to let him see how complicated the Guanya Bureau is. Erchen thinks he is too naive and arrogant now."
Lao Zhu said: "No matter how good Xu Huizu is, you can't reuse him. You know that, right?"
At least not until Zhu Di is confirmed to be safe.
No matter how Xu Huizu thinks of Zhu Di, he is still Zhu Di's brother-in-law.
Since they want to be wary of Zhu Di, they must also be wary of Xu Huizu.
Maybe, if Zhu Di really rebels, Xu Huizu will help Zhu Di open the city gate.
Zhu Biao cupped his hands and said, "I know."
Otherwise, with his friendship with Xu Huizu and Xu Huizu's ability, he would not have been hanging on to Xu Huizu for so many years for such a trivial matter as house deed taxes.
Zhu Biao asked Xu Huizu to go back, and then called Li Jinglong to come in.
Xu Huizu already knew this, and left with disappointment and anger: If a fool like Li Jinglong hadn't been pulled by me, he might not be able to come back now.
Why did Zhu Biao still use him instead of leaving me?
Just because I have no blood relationship with the Zhu family?
But you, Zhu Biao, and I have been best friends since we played together on the boat. We have a closer relationship with you than any of your brothers, and we are both loyal to you.
How could you do this? !
In the imperial study room, Li Jinglong stood below with his head lowered and his hands lowered.
Zhu Biao said: "You can keep the badge of the Guan Ya Bureau for now. From tomorrow on, you will be in charge of the Guan Ya Bureau."
Li Jinglong was overjoyed and hurriedly handed over his hands: "Thank you so much for your trust, uncle and uncle. Jiujiang will definitely do its best to manage the official affairs."
Zhu Biao nodded slightly and asked, "How do you plan to deal with the decrease in profits handed over to the Guanya Bureau?"
Li Jinglong replied: "The solution is simple. Jiujiang will definitely be able to restore the profits handed over by the Guanyu Bureau next month."
Zhu Biao and Lao Zhu exchanged surprised looks: Such a big tone. What good idea did you come up with?
Zhu Biao: "Come and listen."
Li Jinglong: "Didn't they pay less than before? Are they going to cooperate with the government to deceive us? Then we will ask them to pay compared to the month with the most profit before. How do they operate specifically, such as compressing their own profits? Or cancel the commission to the government, or even hand over the profits from the private dental shop, that's fine, we don't care. Anyway, the money finally handed over to the General Administration and the court must meet the standard. If it doesn't meet the standard, the tooth shop will be withdrawn directly and replaced. people."
